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GENERAL CITY NEWS.

A MAN WITH TWO WIVES. -- Officer VAN ARSDALE, of the Third Precinct, brought before Justice STEERS, yesterday, a man named CHARLES H. FLEMING, upon the charge of bigamy. From the testimony elicited upon the examination, it appears that the accused was married to a Miss BUTT, on the 21st of December last. His lawful wife, Mrs. ROWENA FLEMING, was at that time living in this City. Since his latter marriage he has lived with his new wife until a few days since, when she, by some means, became satisfied that hehad another wife living, whose rights were paramount to hers. She charged him with the crime, but he stoutly and persistently denied it. Her fears were [???] allayed to some extent, until the first wife was discovered, when measures were taken for his arrest. When brought before the Court and confronted by his two wives, he emphatically denied all knowledge of wife No. 1, but admitted that he was married to Miss BUTT last December, and insisted that the latter was his legal and only wife. The testimony of the clergyman who officiated at the marriage between him and wife No. 1, induced the Court to think otherwise. The clergyman who performed the ceremony at the second marriage, was also present, and testified that the prisoner was married by him to Miss BUTT, at the time above mentioned. FLEMING is said to be a man of means, and he insists that this prosecution is a conspiracy to defraud him of his money. The Justice held him in $2,000 bail, to answer the charge of bigamy.

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